heat transfoer Flashcards
1
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Law of conservation energy
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Energy can not be created or destroyed just transformed
2
Q
Heat transfer
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Method by which heat flows.
3
Q
heat
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Thermal energy that flows dut to a differents in temperature.
4
Q
conduction
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Heat transfer with or between soild objects.
5
Q
convection
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Heat transfer into or out of fluids.
6
Q
radition
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Hear transfer due to packets of energy called photons that travel through many subtances, even empty space.
7
Q
insulator
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A material through which energy ( electrical, thermal, or sound) cannot be easily transferred.
8
Q
conductor
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A material through which energy (electrical, thermal, or sound can be transferred.
9
Q
Temperature
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The measure of the average speed of all particles.
10
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thermal energy
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The total energy of all particles in an object
